Slate in the aquarium

[weathermen]

To you forum headz, is it OK to seal “using aquarium sealant” slate to the back wall of an aquarium?

 

[keane]

Yep. No problems

steve

BTW - to the forums

 

[weathermen]

cheers,

I gues it won't change the water condition then? does it improve the tank condition or make no difference?

 

[keane]

as far as I know slate won't have any affect on your water parameters (unlike things like limestone, lavarock etc, which alter your pH).

Just make sure you give a good clean before you put it in.

steve

 

[weathermen]

that's what my Mum said when I first brought my girlfriend home!

cheers for the help!

 

[keane]

that's what my Mum said when I first brought my girlfriend home!

quality!!

steve

 

[The-Wolf]

the only thing you need to make sure with slate is that it does not have any iron deposites in it, this can be seen as an orangy/rusty band running through it.
other than that it is totally inert.

 

[weathermen]

is this a good idea, has anyone done this before or seen it, I thought the slate would give the tank depth! plus when it's wet it looks great with fish against it! shall i go ahead and do this or not?

I'm not to keen on these prints even though i have one on my tank, wanted to be a little different!

 

[The-Wolf]

I'd say it is a great idea, go for it.

don't forget to post pics

 

[keane]

I'd say it is a great idea, go for it.

don't forget to post pics

Yeah me too .

Is a great idea, and will give your tank an excellent but cheap 3D background .

steve

 

[weathermen]

ok, gonna be some time before I get this set up done, just moved in and need to re-wire and heating the lot, looking at three months work, lucky me, but as soon as its done I will post up pics!

 

[Vivienne]

Great thing about slate (if it's the roof tile variety) is it's pretty thin - you won't lose much water volume, even overlapping pieces. I bet it'll look great - wish I'd thought of that before I started hacking away at polystyrene (loads of left over slate in the garden). House looks like we've had a blizzard just now, but if I don't cut into the polystyrene a lot, we'll lose half the depth of the tank.

 

[superjalami30]

I'm in the middle of "slating" the back of a terrarium for some anoles that my son wants.
I thought it would do the same thing...add depth that is, and offer some climbing areas for the anoles to bask on.